The A Things of God

Posted on June 14, 2015 by SMHG

What ever Happened to:

Absolutes – Absolutes are those irrefutable evidences which are truth whether we understand and accept them or not. An absolute is something that is conceived (not in the mind of man but in the creation of it’s existence) to be absolute; something that does not depends on anything else and is beyond human control

Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
Psalms 119:89 For ever, O LORD, your word is settled in heaven.
Exodus 20:3 You shall have no other gods before me.
Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed to men once to die, but after this the judgment,
Isaiah 46:9 Remember former things from forever; for I am God, and no other is God, even none like Me,
Acts 4:12 And there is salvation in no other One; for there is no other name under Heaven given among men by which we must be saved.

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Demons of Divorce

Posted on June 10, 2015 by SMHG

Some said it was simply that the honeymoon was over. Some thought maybe it had lasted too long. It was even suggested that reality needed to set in and the dull drudgery of life must be acknowledged. Others looked for a fault, a crack, an unforeseen flaw that was there all along, waiting to be revealed. They said it would take years of stress and unmet expectations and perhaps even unrealistic idealism, but eventually they knew it would be revealed. Nothing lasts forever; Nothing ever could they said. As the sick pale of failure, the lack luster glow of what used to be joy, just as the walls of Jericho fell down flat, now this too had soured. Continue reading →

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Fifty Lines

Posted on June 2, 2015 by SMHG
What could I say if my limit was fifty
Surely my story would be quite nifty
I’d begin with creation and then the fall
Right after Adam named them one and all
It tasted so good and changed their whole view
When they lost sight of what was theirs to do
Then there was pride and murder and such
Seems there was nothing sin did not touch
Mens’ hearts hardened and they went their own way
Till God said “Enough; Come inside today”
 
 
Forty days it poured; forty nights it rained
God was cleansing what evil men had stained
One and his brother were a quarrelsome pair
He wrestled with God then worshiped him there
Thrown deep in the pit for jealousies’ sake
Was just the Lord’s plan to give them food to bake
Delivered from slavery by a cast out man
Trapped at the red sea in fear they did stand
With all the miracles they would not obey
For only two said we are able this day
 
Still forty more years they wandered around
Then marched upon Jericho with trumpet’s sound
The Lord fought their battles defeating each foe
The land they possessed as God’s glory did show
The Judges ruled well but still there was one blight
As men did that which was right in their own sight
So they asked for a king without trusting in God
He answered by giving them one with a rod
Herein is wisdom for those who will hear
Men cannot rule well without godly fear
 
Then came King David with a most holy heart
Until he allowed lust to have its start
The histories were written of good kings and bad
Some who did evil and a faithful young lad
Deserving God’s wrath and conquered by sin
Babylon was chosen to cool their heels in
The prophets had warned and lamented their plight
Hoping that faithful souls might get it right
Then Daniel and friends prospered under God’s hand
Not fearing lions, fire or treacheries of man
 
Bethlehem was foretold to be the choice place
Where they would first know God’s amazing grace
Shepherds and angels communed in the night
Announcing the One John proclaimed as the light
Teaching the truth to men simple and learned
Oh how their hearts must surely have burned
Still they slew Him thinking to do God a favor
Yet out of the grave He arose without waiver
So there is my story in the fifty I’m given
Believing in Jesus is the only life worth living
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Hope Is

Posted on May 19, 2015 by SMHG

I want to spend a few moments pondering the one thing we are able as human beings to offer one another which can positively impact our lives. Without this one thing our lives are miserable and filled with unmeasurable sorrow. One thing is able to turn the bad into good, the good into better and the rest into the best days of our lives.  It is the one thing which we can self-generate, receive from others or yearn for when it is not present. HopeIt can only be stifled by insistence, trumped by fear and bottled up by ignorance. It is the one thing which allows peace in war, happiness in sickness and riches in poverty. If you have ever had any of it, I hope you recognize it. Continue reading →

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